WVC 46 - 7 - 401
Part 4. Warehouse Receipts and Bills of Lading: General Obligations.§46-7-401. Irregularities in issue of receipt or bill or conduct
of issuer.
The obligations imposed by this article on an issuer apply to
a document of title even if:

(1) The document does not comply with the requirements of this
article or of any other statute, rule, or regulation regarding its
issuance, form, or content;

(2) The issuer violated laws regulating the conduct of its
business;

(3) The goods covered by the document were owned by the bailee
when the document was issued; or

(4) The person issuing the document is not a warehouse but the
document purports to be a warehouse receipt.

Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2016 Regular Session
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